Bernardsville, NJ
Somerset Hills Country Club
Somerset Hills Country Club was organized in 1899 for recreation and social life. Its founders were largely New York City residents, a background reflected in the word “country” in the Club’s name.1
- Location
- Bernardsville, NJ
- Course
- 18 holes · par 71
- Original architect
- A.W. Tillinghast
- Club website
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A country retreat moves to Bernardsville
The first property lay along the Raritan River, straddling Bernards and Bedminster townships. In 1918 the Club moved to its present home in Bernardsville, where golf and grass-court tennis became enduring parts of its life.1
The course
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Championships
Results and dates 3 editions
U.S. Girls' Junior
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Amy Alcott
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Kim Saiki
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Curtis Cup
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United States (Curtis Cup)
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Sources and editorial notes4 references
Sources for this story
- About Us Somerset Hills Country Club
Formation, relocation and Tillinghast design
Consulted 2026-09-17
Record sources
- Club mark source
- R&A official Curtis Cup match history The primary match-history entry records these dates: 1990 (July 28-29): USA 14, GB&I 4; Somerset Hills Country Club, New Jersey Dates corroborated against the retained official USGA 2026 Record Book. No participant, score or historical routing changes are selected.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Girls Junior record book, page 8 Offline: archived primary source /Users/cwhitelam/Documents/AGA Research Archive/shared/usga-championship-records-20261024/26GirlsJunior.pdf; SHA-256 311526e6f45012af71b823745da59f40499591f1efae990bafaa12566d8bfc15. Exact result row: 1983 (Aug. 8-13) Kim Saiki d. Buffy Klein , 2 and 1; Somerset Hills C.C., Bernardsville, N.J.; Medalist — 150, Melissa McNamara; Entries: 165 Use the championship final, not the qualifying medalist. Match-play outcomes are not stroke totals. Current routing, scorecard and par are not asserted. The primary result identifies this exact Club and place; the retained named physical Course is its sole Course identity. This links Course identity only, without asserting an unchanged historical routing or scorecard.